I.sobriety (post-Aug.).
I. Lit., temperance in drinking, Sen. Tranq. 15, 16; Val. Max. 6, 3, 9.— “Hence Sobrietas personified,” the enemy of Venus, App. M. 5, p. 172, 20; Prud. Psych. 450.—
II. In gen., moderation, temperance, continence (cf.: “modestas, temperantia): vitae,” Dig. 1, 7, 17 fin.; Vulg. 1 Tim. 2, 9.—
B. Trop., reasonableness, prudence: “consiliorum,” Amm. 31, 10, 19.